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Erectile dysfunction medicines seized in Glengormley

8 April 2011

Large amounts of unlicensed medications have actually been seized by Department of Health authorities during a search of a house in Glengormley.

A man was spoken with by department officers about illegally importing and consequently providing unlicensed impotence medicines via the web.

The 47-year-old was likewise questioned about other medicine offenses.

He will now be the subject of a report to the general public Prosecution Service.

The search was performed by the department's Medicines Regulatory Group.

Its senior enforcement workplace, Peter Moore, said: "It is vital that we get the message across that unlicensed medicines can be unsafe.

"These types of items being sold, normally online, have gone through no and there can be no warranty about their security.

"You simply do not know what you are taking or the conditions these items were made in. More importantly, you do not understand the impact drugs like this might have on your health."